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The 151mbs down might be a limitation of speedtest.net and not google's fiber.

Speedtest's minimum requirement for a test server is 100mbs.



What I would like to know is how much of that speed is due to being 'on-net'. I know that speed is what the connection is capable, but if the server is onnet, then it is nowhere near realistic.

Speedtest tells me I get 75mbps up/80mbps down and a ping of 5ms, but that's with the server it automatically gives me... This is using my uni's on-campus internet, which is connected to AARNET, a massive network. How much of that speed is due to me never actually 'entering' the 'internet'?

Is there some sort of way to test all of them automatically and get the average?

Edit: My speed test results over 15 test and multiple servers http://cl.ly/9aNO


No, I can get 400 from speedtest.net occasionally. I get inconsistent results sometimes though: (300mb/200mb on the first one)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1447015910.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1447014970.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1447013001.png


Nice that refutes my point. I was basing it on this link http://speedtest.net/support.php under "What are the requirements to be a testing host".

Edit: But now I noticed that they follow it up with "[in some countries] we are now requiring gigabit connectivity."


It depends which server you choose. I haven't been able to reach even 100 Mbps. If in doubt, it's better to try just downloading something from fast servers.


I've gotten speeds of over 1Gbps on Speedtest, although once you reach 1Gbps the image doesn't save and you don't get a link to share it.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1285238984.png




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